Investors embrace energy ETPs in October-BlackRock

Energy commodity exchange traded products (ETPs) attracted strong inflows in October, with U.S. crude oil ETPs in focus as investors anticipated disruption to oil production facilities from Hurricane Sandy.
Investors shovelled almost $500 million into energy ETPs in October, according to global data from BlackRock, taking total net inflows to $1.5 billion in the year to date. ETPs, an easy route into commodities for investors, include exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded commodities and exchange-traded notes. All trade on a stock exchange and their value is linked to the underlying assets………………………………………..Full Article: Source